CME Group Inc., an American financial market company operating a options and futures exchange, entered into a new multi-currency revolving credit facility with each of the banks from time to time party thereto; Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent; Barclays Bank PLC, BMO Harris Bank N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of China, New York Branch, Credit Suisse AG, and Lloyds Securities Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents; and U.S. Bank National Association, as Documentation Agent; and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank PLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Bank of China, New York Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Lloyds Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners.
The Senior Credit Facility is for a line of credit of $2.25 billion with the option to increase the facility from time to time from $2.25 billion to $3.0 billion. The proceeds of the Senior Credit Facility can be used for ongoing working capital and other general corporate purposes. The Senior Credit Facility is voluntarily pre-payable from time to time without premium or penalty. The maturity date of the Senior Credit Facility is November 21, 2022.
The Senior Credit Facility agreement includes representations and warranties, covenants and events of default, including requirements that the Company maintain a minimum consolidated net worth, as well as customary limitations on liens on the assets of the Company and its significant subsidiaries, subsidiary indebtedness and fundamental changes, including certain mergers and consolidations of the Company and its significant subsidiaries, certain dispositions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or of more than 50% of the voting stock of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. or New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and certain liquidations and dissolutions of the Company and its significant subsidiaries.
The facility replaces an agreement dated as of March 19, 2015, among CME Group Inc., certain financial institutions and other persons party thereto as lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.